Tanker among Cacique winners

“FORWARD HOME” was the theme of the annual Cacique Awards ceremony which came off in style at the Central Bank Auditorium on Monday night. The ceremony honoured the late Andre Tanker by using his music throughout the production.

In addition, Tanker won in two categories — Most Outstanding Original Music (The Dragon Can’t Dance) and Most Outstanding Musical Director (The Dragon Can’t Dance). Tanker’s wife Christine and daughter Zo-Marie were on hand to collect the posthumous awards. However, the night belonged to actress Cecilia Salazar and the cast of Twilight Cafe, a production which won five cacique awards. Salazar won the Most Outstanding Actress and shared the Most Outstanding Supporting Actress title with Debra Boucard Mason.

Twilight Cafe took awards for Most Outstanding Set Design (Christopher Cozier and Sean Leonard), Most Outstanding Lighting Design (Ken Joseph) and Most Outstanding Sound Design (Wendell Manwarren). Also making a good showing was the production Orphans by Raymond Choo Kong and Richard Ragoobarsingh, which copped five awards — Most Outstanding Actor (Arnold Goindhan), Most Outstanding Supporting Actor (Richard Ragoobarsingh) Most Outstanding Dramatic Production and Most Outstanding Production.